Vapor-stove



' (No Model.)

F. A. LYMAN.

VAPOR STOVE.

No. 361,110. Patented Apr. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FORDYCE ALLEN LYMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VAPOR-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,170, dated April 12, 1887.

Application filed July 13, 1886. Serial No. 207,886. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FoRDYoE ALLEN LY- uAN, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinVaponStoves; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawing,

which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in vapor-stoves; and it consists in an attachment for the pipe upon which the burners are located, whereby a suitable quantity of the gasolineis admitted to a cup or holder in which a lighting device is placed, so that all of the other burners can be lighted after the first one 'burners and the cylinder.

is lighted,-and thus dispense with the use of matches or paper for this purpose, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter. I

The accompanying drawing represents a vapor-stove to which my improvements are attached, the improvements being shown in Section.

' A represents a vapor-stoveof the ordinary construction, Bthe reservoir, and G the supply-pipe leading therefrom. Placed at any suitable point in this supply-pipe, between the reservoir and the burners, is the cylinder D, of suitable length and diameter, and which is provided with ascrew coupling-nut, E, at each of its ends. This cylinder is provided with snugly-fitting perforated plates G at its ends,

and in between these plates is placed a suitable packing or filtering material, H, of any kind that may be preferred. In the present instance the cylinder-is filled with fine gravel, shot, or other similar substance which will allow the gasoline to flow freely through, but which will prevent any pulsating movement as it passes through the pipe between the The pressure of the vapor inthe pipe will often force back the supply of fluid towardthe reservoir, and then the fluid in the rebound will cause a pulsating movement in the pipe,,and this movement will cause the burners to blow and produce an unsteady flame. The packing and the perforated plates in the cylinder, while they permit the fluid to flow freely through, will not permit the fluid to pulsatein the pipe, and hence a steady supply to the burners is always insured. 1

The burners of the stove being separated, after one of them has been lighted the others must belighted from this burner by means of a match or piece of paper, and which match or paper, being only partially consumed, is generally thrown upon the floor, and thus causing so much dirt. In order to prevent this I attach to the supply-pipe, at one end of the stove, a cup or cylinder, I, which has the opening through its bottom controlled by a screw plug or valve, J, of any kind, and which is provided at its top with a cover, L, to which an ordinarylighting device, N, is attached. By opening the screw-plug the cup or cylinder will be filled to any desired point above the lighter with gasoline. After the first burner has been lighted it is only necessary to light this lighter, which is saturated with gasoline, and then the other burners of the stove can be lighted without the use of matches or paper. This lighting device forms a permanent attachment to the stove,'and is always in position ready to be used, and not only forms a very handy and convenient attachment for the stove, but saves the use of matches or paper, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

FORDYOE ALLEN LYMAN. \Vitnesses:

F. E. BLIss, D. 0. HOWARD. 

